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Signal discriminating device for VTR having expanded dynamic range

US5075803A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 6, 1989
Grant dateDec 24, 1991
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Expiry dateApr 6, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N9/833
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus having a first recording mode and a second recording mode in which a luminance signal of a video signal is converted into FM luminance signal related to a first carrier frequency and to a second carrier frequency so as to be recorded on a magnetic tape includes a discriminating device or discriminating a recording mode in which an FM luminance signal reproduced from a magnetic tape so as to be supplied to a playback circuit has been recorded. The signal discriminating device includes an automatic gain control (AGC) circuit for absorbing a dispersion of the reproduced signal, a discrimiating circuit having a first band-pass filter and a second band-pass filter for processing an output from the AGC circuit so as to discriminate the first and second modes, a detecting circuut to which the reproduced signal is supplied in a parallel fashion with respect to the AGC circuit such that an amplitude of the signal is detected and is then compared with a predetermined value so as to obtain noise information, and a latch circuit for latching an output from the discriminating circuit such that in response to the noise information from the detecting…

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